Chicago Blues/Mississippi Delta

-Mississippi John Hurting

And yeah, I don't care about the appellations, Piedmont, Delta, whatever.

I did an interview for Steve Calt, author of the Da Capo Skip James bio, and I'm proud to be listed in the index of that book next to John Hurt...

Blind Willie Johnson was a great slide guitarist. Not really Delta/Chicago blues but great anyways. Blind Willie McTell is great too (but from Atlanta so again not Delta/Chicago). Lately I have been really enjoying Crying Sam Collins who actually predates most of these artists. But my favorite is without a doubt Charlie Patton.

north mississippi hill country blues all the way!

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, October 6, 2004 10:01 AM (10 years ago)

wikipedia says It is characterized by a strong emphasis on rhythm and percussion, steady guitar riffs, few chord changes, unconventional song structures, and heavy emphasis on the "groove" - more affectionately known as "the hypnotic boogie."

what is the droningest hill country blues?

looking for stuff like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8RtayjqqIw

i dunno if this is the droningest but i still think this is what you want:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP2Wus-MBtQ

you should also listen to jessie mae hemphill if you haven't already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QniNWShXdRY

wow! excellent! i'd only heard hemphill's contribution to that spacemen themed sonic boom comp ("i'm so glad") and never heard of lonnie

lonnnie pitchford has a whole album that is great, but i think it's out of print, sadly.

there are a few copies on amazon for $15, i'd recommend picking it up: http://www.amazon.com/All-Around-Man-Lonnie-Pitchford/dp/B000000DOV

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Mississippi Fred Mcdowell, RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough

Right, Mississippi John Hurt's Avalon Blues is contemplative, unpretentious, remembering how various deals went down. Can call the fluid quality "genteel," but he's pretty straight-forward, and a good picker.
Mississippi Sheiks' Stop and Listen is along the same lines, but more ambitious: they wanted to cross over, get some of that Jimmie Rodgers money, and they do have music hall x radio-ready, Asheville-before-Nashville, travelling country blues appeal. On Yazoo Records, later replaced with Best Of, which I haven't heard. Collections on other labels too.
McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters incl. lot of his earlier sides, when the vocals were more flexible and dynamic; Hard Again, produced and w some accompaniment by Johnny Winter, is a real good later album. I also used to play the hell out of Fathers and Sons, a live/studio double-LP with Waters, Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, others; Mud's the main man here for sure.
Chester Burnett AKA Howlin Wolf and Back Door Wolf are also good earlier and later recordings.
Also check a couple of books, Charles Keil's Urban Blues and Robert Palmer'sDeep Blues.
The Martin Scorsese-produced public tv documentary blues series on the is really good too.

john hurt isn't Drone-y at all though. very melodic by blues standards.

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underrated IMO

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/life/2015/08/26/fife-drum-tradition-heartbeat-annual-picnic/32351381/

Bet that was fun. Sharde Turner is keeping her grandfather's fife and drum tradition alive

Made it to the Barbequecued Goat Fest in Senatobia , MS that Sharde runs. She and her drummers performed between sets of the other acts. I also saw Anthony Sherrod and his band do a nice set at Red's in Clarksdale, MS.

This is coming up in Mississippi (see below). I don't know of these folks-- the next generation of great bluesmen, Jontavious Willis, Marquise Knox and Kingfish Ingram

http://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/2017/08/fourth-blues-conference-feature-aaron-neville/

•an opening reception and tour of the John Lee Hooker exhibit at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
•a keynote breakfast featuring Alan Lomax scholar, Dr. John Szwed of Columbia University, New York City
•a free, open-to-the-public John Lee Hooker tribute concert at Bolivar County Courthouse in downtown Cleveland featuring a trio of the next generation of great bluesmen, Jontavious Willis, Marquise Knox and Kingfish Ingram
•an open mic “Blues in the Round” event at Mississippi Grounds coffee shop in downtown Cleveland
•a lunch conversation with Aaron Neville
•a blues-related film festival in the Sanders Theater at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
•a presentation by renowned blues photographer Dick Waterman
•free admission to GRAMMY Museum Mississippi with paid conference registration
•a closing concert performance by Aaron Neville at Delta State’s Bologna Performing Arts Center with tickets ranging from $25-$50 and a special 10 percent discount for conference registrants

The conference is scheduled for Oct. 1-3.